The transcription repressor REST in adult neurons: Physiology, pathology, and diseases

eNeuro

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Baldelli, Pietro ^a,c   Meldolesi, Jacopo ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Channels; Excitotoxicity; MRNA splicing; Neural genes; Receptors; Transcription repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977935359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23732822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0010-15.2015     Document Type: Review

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